Media Digest 2/18/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Media

Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: February 18, 2010 3:56 am

Last Updated: February 18, 2010 5:31 am

Reuters: US regulators are looking at steering problems on the Toyota (TM) Corolla.

Reuters: Greece says it is not seeking EU taxpayers’ money.

Reuters: Gold fell on an IMF sale.

Reuters: US state pension funds face a $1 trillion shortfall, according to Pew.

WSJ: Extremely small nuclear reactors may help the US with a new source of energy.

WSJ: American manufacturers are ramping up hiring.

WSJ: The SEC is at odds with NY State Attorney General Cuomo over details of the firing of Bank of America’s (BAC) general counsel.

WSJ: Net income at Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) rose on strong hardware demand.

WSJ: Silicon Valley got 8% of the 167,350 utility patents filed last year.

WSJ: HP and Dell (DELL) are developing rivals to Apple’s (AAPL) iPad.

WSJ: Fed minutes show increased confidence in the economy.

WSJ: Some lawmakers are defending Toyota because of fear of job losses.

WSJ: Barnes & Noble (BKS) will not let raider Burkle raise his stake in the company.

WSJ: A Russian pipeline is causing national oil powers in the Middle East to revise pricing for Asia.

WSJ: Wal-Mart’s (WMT) earnings will show if it benefited from price cuts.

WSJ: More cities are considering Chapter 9 filings which has caused alarm about municipal debt.

NYT: The Administration and Senate are near a deal to create a panel to oversee systematic risks in the financial world.

NYT: Telecom companies are making smaller changes to products after years of revolutionary advances.

NYT: The head of Spain says an economic recovery is near in his nation.

NYT: Many cellular carriers still block the use of Skype

NYT: A study shows a new virus has infected computers at 2,500 companies.

NYT: Eight states have not paid up their pensions in full.

NYT: Apple’s (AAPL) prices on e-books may be lower than expected.

NYT: Live streaming of the Winter Olympics have dropped since the Beijing games.

FT: AIG (AIG) will keep up to $500 billion in derivatives it had planned to sell.

Bloomberg: SEC negotiations with Bank of America may give investors more say over bank governance.

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